Boris Godunov

by Modest Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich

Book Overview

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. This famous opera has had a checkered performance history, and Professor Laurel E. Fay points out that the interpretation of the opera depends on which edition is used. Robert Oldani introduces the Boris problem: Pushkin s play was not an obvious choice for a young...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714544159
• ISBN13: 9780714544151
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Oneworld Classics
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

the cesear if russia

Of course, I loved the book. It's well paced, entertaining, and insightful to a moment in russian history. Pushkin's charm as an dramatist is as well done as shakespeare. There aren't as many quotable lines, but that only makes it more fluent to read. The poetry is also nothing shy of great and the characters are well written, notably boris and the impostor. It's always tough to find russian literiture that doesn't bore a person, but pushkin's drama has enough romance (i.e. Romantic era), action, jokes, and touching speeches to move the reader to bite their nails, laugh out loud, and cry.